For a distinguished example of a newspaper's use of its journalistic resources, which may include editorials, cartoons and photographs as well as reporting, in accomplishing a disinterested and meritorious public service, a gold medal.
St. Petersburg (FL) Times , by St. Petersburg (FL) Times
For its aggressive investigation of the Florida Turnpike Authority which disclosed widespread illegal acts and resulted in a major reorganization of the State's road construction program.
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Creed C. Black
Executive Editor, Wilmington News & Journal, Wilmington, Del.
Howard H. Hays, Jr.
Editor, Press-Enterprise Co., Riverside, Calif.
Philip S. Heisler
Managing Editor, Evening Sun, Baltimore
Edward Lindsay
Editor, Lindsay-Schaub Newspapers, Decatur, Ill.
Arville Schaleban
Executive Editor, Milwaukee Journal
Winners in Public Service
Chicago Daily News
For calling public attention to the issue of providing birth control services in the public health programs in its area.
Panama City (FL) News-Herald
For its three-year campaign against entrenched power and corruption, with resultant reforms in Panama City and Bay County.
Amarillo (TX) Globe-Times
For exposing a breakdown in local law enforcement with resultant punitive action that swept lax officials from their posts and brought about the election of a reform slate. The newspaper thus exerted its civic leadership in the finest tradition of journalism.
Los Angeles Times
For its thorough, sustained and well-conceived attack on narcotics traffic and the enterprising reporting of Gene Sherman, which led to the opening of negotiations between the United States and Mexico to halt the flow of illegal drugs into southern California and other border states.
1964 Prize Winners
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A special citation for their program, "The Road To Integration," a distinguished example of the use of a newspaper group's resources to complement the work of its individual newspapers.
Paul Conrad
For his editorial cartooning during the past year
Hazel Brannon Smith
For steadfast adherence to her editorial duty in the face of great pressure and opposition.